Recreational Thinking
A trivia game show (along the lines of Trivial Warfare or Triviality) with a twist!
- Update frequency
- every 21 days
- Average duration
- 114 minutes
- Episodes
- 59
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Episode 19: Episode 39: Pierre Menard's Recliner of Rage
Contestants: Mike Jeziorski, Tucker Warner, Jack RousseauEnjoy Episode 10? Then you'll love this SUPER SIZED reunion of all three members of that classic lineup, now with 95% less baseball. Never f…
03:18:28 |
Mon 25 Jul 2022
Episode 18: Episode 38: The Flagellation that They Do Is Hard to Watch
Contestants: Mike Samuelson, Colin Smith, Ryan Palmer, Dan SchroederStay hungry, stay foolish, and stay listening to this SPECIAL CROSSOVER REUNION EVENT in which Recreational Thinking yet again meet…
02:59:36 |
Thu 07 Jul 2022
Episode 17: Episode 37: We've Come Up with So Many Amazing Possible Episode Titles
Contestants: Matt Jackson, Jenna LaFleur, Ben RothenbergBuon giorno! A Jeopardy! legend and two of his DC-area pub-quiz-mates join us in this exhilarating episode, albeit with one Zooming remotely f…
02:09:31 |
Sun 03 Jul 2022
Episode 16: Episode 36: A Hybrid Between James Bond and a Toblerone Bar
Contestants: James Lasker, David Plotkin, Manas Sarma"I can't believe that went longer than our technical difficulties episode!" -DavidAs only our second episode to cross the 3-hour mark, this one ha…
03:07:10 |
Mon 27 Jun 2022
Episode 15: Episode 35: Your Guess Has No Chance to Survive
Contestants: Aaron Lichtig, David Goldfarb, Greg FanoeYou know what you doing? For great justice (and knowledge), make your time for the next 2.5 hours and enjoy this experimental episode of RECREAT…
02:28:12 |
Thu 09 Jun 2022
Episode 14: Episode 34: The Mother of All Zugzwangs
Contestants: Daryl Sng, Dargan Ware, Anthony GarinoBrain work ahead? Uh, yeah, I sure hope it does! Learn about snarky YouTubers, resilient Czechs, murderous Mannerist madrigalists, Freudian chessm…
02:02:31 |
Wed 18 May 2022
Episode 13: Episode 33: If Only We Knew the Van Der Beek Oeuvre Slightly Better
Contestants: Alexander Darby, Peter Broda, Ben ZimmerWho made the man behind "Happy" cry? What are E-Girls, and why are they ruining my life? What innocuous nursery rhyme did Paul McCartney turn in…
02:52:08 |
Mon 16 May 2022
Episode 12: Episode 32: I Don't Think Peter Kropotkin Wrote about Flubber
Contestants: Anu Kashyap, Dan Feitel, Chris OttolinoWelcome to 2022! It's our first episode recorded since May 2021. (If you're curious what's been going on in the interim, feel free to check out t…
02:28:26 |
Thu 14 Apr 2022
Episode 11: Episode 31: Like Martin Shkreli, You Have Disrespected the Wu-Tang Clan
Contestants: Caitlin Joyce, Randall Eng, Chris MillerHow did a college student urinating into a potted plant bring down a national government? In what way is Staten Island a magical realm? When doe…
02:25:06 |
Tue 29 Mar 2022
Episode 10: Episode 30: Ninjas Are Everywhere
Contestants: Ben Rothenberg, Jimmy Li, Chris OttolinoThe Wednesday Academic Purists may be my bitter rivals in CONNECTIONS ONLINE QUIZ LEAGUE and LEARNEDLEAGUE's A Typhoon rundle, but off the quizzin…
02:27:51 |
Thu 24 Mar 2022
Episode 9: Episode 29: Please, No Jokes about "Super Hard"
Contestants: Mike Samuelson, Colin Smith, Ryan Palmer, Dan SchroederThey think it's all over! Well, is it? Only once you're done listening to my ridiculously entertaining crossover with the hilario…
02:24:21 |
Mon 21 Mar 2022
Episode 8: Episode 28: It Sounds Like a Plausible Plague
Contestants: Daniel Cohen, Eugene Hung, Lindsay GoldsteinThere are two kinds of RECREATIONAL THINKING episodes: Ones where the contestants already know each other and ones where they find their chemi…
02:33:14 |
Fri 18 Mar 2022
Episode 7: Episode 27: Never Let Them See You Bleed
Contestants: Victoria Groce, Troy Meyer, Yogesh RautDid you notice that this week UM, ACTUALLY released an episode in which their usual host takes a turn in the contestants' chair? That must be what…
02:54:37 |
Mon 14 Mar 2022
Episode 6: Episode 26: It's Fun to Steal from Your Friends
Contestants: Oishee Shemontee, Drew Scheeler, Charlie FritzIt's appropriate that in our very last episode recorded using Skype (*sob*) we discovered "Together Mode," as this episode's contestants are…
02:09:12 |
Sat 05 Mar 2022
Episode 5: Episode 25: What Else Would Hitler Like?
Contestants: Ronny Jackson, Joey Goldman, Andrew FisherCheerio from across the pond! We're joined in this episode by three brilliant UK quizzers, including Mimir's Well co-founder Joey Goldman. Joe…
02:36:55 |
Thu 03 Mar 2022
Episode 4: Episode 24: You Went Correctly Deep into My Domain
Contestants: Lynn Yu, Christine Whelchel, Monya DeTwo of my favorite contestants from last season re-join us alongside a skilled third, and together they uncover a hidden theme to this episode's ques…
02:28:37 |
Mon 10 Jan 2022
Episode 3: Episode 23: Recreational Overthinking
Contestants: Trevor Alexander, Greg Peterson, Joe TrelaGet ready for a streak of some of my all-time favorite episodes! Coming up we've got another all-brilliant-women episode, an all-UK-quizzers ep…
02:21:45 |
Fri 07 Jan 2022
Episode 2: Episode 22: I've Watched So Much Wrestling! You've Done Nothing!
Contestants: Gavin Byrnes, Ryan Rosenberg, Jason LunaSo I'll start off with an apology. I kind of let this episode get away from me; I recorded it on way too little sleep, which threw off my energy,…
01:35:37 |
Sun 02 Jan 2022
Episode 1: Episode 21: I'll Think about the Sewer Mutant and You Think about the Symphony
Contestants: Tucker Warner, Tom Colocci, Marcus LunaTake us out to the ballgame! Two of last's seasons most popular contestants and one very entertaining newcomer join us to kick off Season 2 with a…
02:12:45 |
Thu 08 Jul 2021
Episode 20: Episode 20: He Didn't Go to UCLA, So You Don't Have to Boo Him
Contestants: Paige Feldman, Mik Larsen, Rajay KumarFight on! This episode sees me (joined once again by Andrew Darby from E7) re-unite with three dear friends from my days at USC, including E15 stand…
02:33:38 |
Mon 28 Jun 2021
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